[Leica] Wow! Fomalux III

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

Marty, check out Fomalux III, it's fiber based (or so it says) and it looks
fiber based :-)


On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:49 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> The Foma papers, and the Foma films, are made in Hradec Kr?lov? in the
> Czech Republic.  I visited last year, as I have each time I've been to
> the Czech Republic since 1999.
>
> It's nice, but it's resin coated, so the surface isn't quite as nice
> as fibre base papers.  The image colour is much more neutral than Azo
> in anything other than some esoteric developers, which is nice.
> Purists may also be put off by it not being a pure chloride contact
> paper, but I don't really care which particular halide my silver salts
> are.
>
> Marty
>
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
> wrote:
> > Rabiner quipped: "I think in about 8 or ten years some people will get
> > wistful and wonder what its like to shoot one of their film cameras or
> backs
> > again. When that  happens I'm sure the film will be made in Croatia in a
> > nice little mini factory and cost 33.3 bucks a roll..."
> >
> > How right you are.
> >
> > The last great contact paper was Kodak Azo. While Weston and others used
> > other paper besides it, it had a great reputation because it was, well,
> the
> > last one left.
> >
> > But then Kodak finally killed it 4-5 years ago. And then there is no more
> > contact paper left.
> >
> > Michael Smith and Paula Chamlee, major proponents of the paper, went as
> far
> > as making their own version called Lomida, which gets rave review.
> >
> > Except it costs $$: $6 a sheet (16x20) and you have to buy in pack of 50
> > sheets.
> >
> > Then I noticed Freestyle has "NEW: Fomalux III FB Contact Speed Paper" so
> I
> > got a pack of 8x10 and a pack of 16x20 to try out. No doubt it's made in
> a
> > Eastern European factory somewhere. Slightly cheaper at $4 a sheet
> (16x20)
> > and you can buy pack of 25.
> >
> > Compared to Adox 110, I think I am using at least 6 stops more light.
> >
> > But WOW..... the Adox is good, but Fomalux III is.. fantastic.
> >
> > The only downside is, I need sleep.... but after I make one more print.
> This
> > stuff is good.
> > --
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